Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the last two with their subtle tones. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA On 24 Nov 2014, at 08:18, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > So I come to the last day of our trip, with a visit to the Mu Tian Yu > section of Great Wall of China which is 70 km from Beijing. It is a > beautifully restored section of the wall running along a mountain ridge, > and is accessed via a cable car. Why an Emperor, however paranoid, would > build a huge defensive wall on top of a very steep mountain ridge is beyond > me, but there it is! A last observation is that it makes sense to do the > typical tourist circuit starting in Shanghai, and ending at Beijing, > because the quality of the experience of the places visited increases, and > climaxes well in Xi'an followed by Beijing. The journey in the reverse > direction would be an anticlimax, I feel. > > On our way, we visited a cloisonne factory on the outskirts of Beijing, and > had a tour of the place: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2828.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2821.jpg.html > > The Great Wall of China, Mu Tian Yu Section. Even here, surprisingly, in > the countryside, with all the greenery, there were no birds to be seen or > heard: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2415.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2424.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2869.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2890.jpg.html > > People on the wall: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2431.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2447.jpg.html > > Two studies of a section of the wall - one a wider view than the other, and > with human content as well: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2884.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2456.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >